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 * ... that the hypercarnivorous crocodyliform Stratiotosuchus (pictured) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil occupied the niche of top predator in the absence of theropod dinosaurs?


 * ... that the extinct arum family plants Petrocardium and Montrichardia aquatica are known only from the Paleocene Cerrejón Formation rainforest in Colombia?


 * ...that the discovery of the dinosauromorph Dromomeron, from the Late Triassic of New Mexico, indicates that dinosaurs did not rapidly replace their close relatives?


 * ...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?


 * ... that Riojasuchus was an ornithosuchid that is known from four skeletons and lived about 217 to 215 million years ago?